AirAsia eyes Bangkok for regional hub
AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes has met with Thailand’s prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to ask the government to help Asia’s biggest low-cost carrier to expand its regional network.
Fernandes, who was accompanied by group executives, including Azran Osman-Rani, chief executive officer of AirAsia X, said after the meeting, he was confident of using Thailand as a regional hub for the airline.
Yingluck said the government had been improving key provincial airports such as Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, and Krabi to make them suitable to welcome foreign arrivals directly.
AirAsia was assured that the government’s policy is to promote Thailand as a hub for low-cost carriers in Asean, The Nation newspaper reported.
AirAsia’s current hub is in Kuala Lumpur.
Ian Jarrett
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